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Category: Books
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Curmudgeon Reviews: Cricket Trilogy
Written by Sanford Begley Michael Hooten has a trilogy about a Celtic Bard. The trilogy is named Cricket’s Song. It starts with A Cricket Learns to Sing moves through A Cricket At Court and finishes with The Cricket That Roared. It is a YA but don’t let that stop you. The story follows a destined lad…
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Review: Scent of Metal
This was a case of perfect timing. I didn’t plan it, this just happened in a bit of happy serendipity. On the week that New Voyage flew by Pluto, I am reviewing a book that centers around, and in, Pluto. We begin with the story on Pluto, with a young scientist who is part of…
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Win a signed book!
Win a copy of Dragon Noir! You can play along in the comments here, or on facebook where I kicked the thing off yesterday. Comment for an entry, and I will draw a name at random on Sunday, July 19 and announce the winner. Then I will do it a second time and give away…
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Eat This While You Read That: Chris Nuttall
Chris is a bright star in the Indie scene, with dozens of novels released in the few years since his writing career began. When I asked Chris if he’d like to take part, and assured him that all I needed was the name of a dish, I didn’t want him to take time from his…
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Curmudgeon Review: Harvest of Evil
Written by Sanford Begley I hesitated to do this review. I like William Lehman and wanted to do a jump up and down happy review. I can’t quite do that. I can give a positive review and will. We will start with the best part of the book, Harvest of Evil, which in my opinion…
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Review: Bane of the Dead
One of the fun things about conventions is meeting new people. A dapper couple dressed to the nines bought Vulcan’s Kittens and The God’s Wolfling from me at the LibertyCon Author’s Alley. I snapped a picture, as I am wont to do, and the convention swirled on and around me like streams of chaos and…
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Reviews: Sleeping Duty and Minivandians
Yesterday morning I started to feel unwell, and laid down, thinking that I could take some time and cut the con crud off at the knees. I was mistaken. By the time my husband got home from work I was a mess, and had refused to allow myself to actually sleep because I needed to…
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Curmudgeon Reviews: The Star Beast
Written by Sanford Begley Yes, I know The Star Beast is one of Robert Heinlein’s juveniles. According to my Kindle copy it is number 8. Just because it was written as a juvenile doesn’t mean an adult can’t enjoy it. I hadn’t reread this one since my teens. It is one of his lesser known…
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Book Hoarding and Other Delights
There has never been a better time to be a reader. I’ve been reading since I was four, myself, which is a very small slice of the past when viewed in relative terms. But I am also a student of history. it wasn’t that long ago that books were individually precious, treasured and cared for…
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Horrifyingly Good
Written by Sanford Begley We got this book, Shared Nightmares, largely on the strength of some of the authors involved. I will have to give this book two reviews in one. Why? Well because I see it in two different ways. As a long time reader and a fan of many of the authors involved…
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Review: Space Doctor
Awhile back I had discovered James White’s Sector General books and reviewed them on the blog. In comments afterward, Lee Correy’s Space Doctor was recommended. I should fill in some background. My dad was in emergency medicine all my life that I can remember. As a paramedic, EMT, and sometimes fireman, he was usually on…